Arado Ar 196 on Gneisenau, 1940
Here we see an Arado Ar 196 taking off from the Gneisenau during 1940. The crew can just be seen inside the aircraft's cockpit, and it is just leaving the catapult, with the tip of the floats already over the end.
Aircraft of the Luftwaffe 1935-1945, Jean-Denis G.G. Lepage.
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Rickard, J (31 May 2019), Arado Ar 196 on Gneisenau, 1940, http://www.historyofwar.org/Pictures/pictures_gneisenau_arado_196_1940.html